Subject Guides

Art & Architectural History

Guide to resources in art and architectural history.

Art History and Archives

50 Watts
An essential digital collection of book arts, illustration and design from around the world.

Hyperallergic
An award winning blog that self describes as "a forum for serious, playful and radical thinking about art in the world today." Based in Brooklyn with an international scope.
Colossal
"A blog that explores the intersection of art, design, and physical craft." A highly considered daily update of what's happening now in the art world
Booooooom
This widely viewed blog features interviews with local (Vancouver) and national contemporary artists, musicians, designers, and filmmakers.
Painters' Table
"Painters' Table is a daily digest of web content for people who love painting – artists, curators, collectors, and the casual art lover. Highlighting writing from the painting blogosphere as it is published, Painters' Table serves as a platform for exploring blogs that focus primarily on the subject of painting."
Art F City (AFC)
New York-based art blog by Paddy Johnson dedicated to providing exposure to emerging contemporary art and under-known artists. Find updates on what's happening in the NYC art world, interviews with artists, and reviews of shows.

Art Daily
Self acclaimed "First Art Newspaper on the Net." Check for daily updates on what's going on in the art world and cultural sphere.
Brooklyn Rail
"Founded in October 2000 and currently published monthly with a print circulation of 20,000 and an international online monthly readership of over 500,000, the Brooklyn Rail is committed to providing an independent forum for arts, culture, and politics throughout New York City and beyond."
Architecture_M_P_S
"Architecture_media_politics_society is a fully peer reviewed academic journal. It is a forum for the analysis of architecture in the mediated environment of contemporary culture. It sees architecture as a phenomenon contained by, formed in, and intrinsically linked to, the complex web of its social context."
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"Architecture_MPS aims to establish an innovative academic online forum which combines, for the first time, a double-blind peer-reviewed academic journal with a collection of resource material related to the journal content. In this regard it represents a new approach to facilitating cross-disciplinary collaborations in academic institutions both nationally and internationally"